Ebiil Society Inc.

Ebiil Society Inc., an international nonprofit and community development corporation based in Ollei, Ngarchelong, Palau, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants in forest conservation, urban and community forestry, wildfire risk mitigation, and marine ecosystem protection. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor; all eleven awards in its recent portfolio are federal project grants or cooperative agreements with no federal contracts or contract IDVs.

Ebiil Society's federal funding derives almost entirely from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 5-Pacific Southwest Region, which issued seven of eleven awards and accounts for 100% of the organization's identified customer coverage. The top four customer agencies—USDA Forest Service R5, Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs—represent all identified federal sponsors. The Forest Service dominates both award volume and dollar concentration, anchoring the organization's mission alignment with domestic forest and community sustainability programs extended to Palau under its Compact of Free Association treaty status with the United States.

Ebiil Society's representative project grant work includes a $740 thousand award from the Inflation Reduction Act Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727, awarded May 2024, completing March 2029) to plan, establish, and manage trees, forests, and green spaces in Palau's island communities with workforce development and educational outreach; a $162,719 award under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720, awarded September 2025, completed August 2026) to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan for Babeldaob Island aligned with Palau's National Wildfire Strategy; a $167 thousand award under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664, awarded August 2025, completing September 2028) to implement tree planting and educational initiatives reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality; and a $101,773 award from the same Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (awarded August 2026, completing August 2029) to implement national forest management priorities including native species propagation, private landowner training, and monitoring endemic tree disease. Ebiil Society also serves as a sub-recipient under a Virginia Institute of Marine Science-led grant (awarded January 2025) focused on removing derelict mangrove crab traps and abandoned aquaculture structures from Palau's marine protected areas and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

The organization's grant portfolio totals $2.1 million obligated across eleven awards spanning 2022 through 2026, with activity concentrated in 2025 (three awards). Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months. Ebiil Society's federal role centers on translating USDA and Interior conservation priorities into on-the-ground ecosystem management, community capacity building, and environmental education specific to Palau's terrestrial and marine biodiversity, with no federal contract footprint or prime contracting relationships.